In a way, Middlesex were unlucky to be relegated as they only finished two points off fourth place. In another
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Where are your ‘bad pitch’ thresholds?
What is a bad pitch? We can get some sort of an idea by working out what we deem to
Continue readingEngland to win the Ashes via airy off-side drives
Is that a dripping tap way off in the distance? No, it’s actually James Vince gently knocking on the door
Continue readingBen Stokes makes a night in the cells happen
The facts are these. Splice and dice them as you see fit. The ECB say that 26-year-old Ben Stokes was
Continue readingSpin bowling is abnormal – ask any county cricket supporter
In England, spin academies aren’t so much schools of excellence as institutions built to keep the weirdos away from the
Continue readingMoeen Ali does some clean hitting
Mo mowed it. It was a day of increasing numbness to sixes and Batting Ali had the good sense to
Continue readingA cricket bat in a Danish nouveau-punk duo’s video
Ged writes: PowerSolo are a wild and crazy Danish nouveau-punk duo. They mostly tour around Europe, not the UK. My
Continue readingEngland v South Africa at Trent Bridge – match report
Bert writes: Whenever Ged goes to the Test, he is literally sustained by a succession of culinary marvels. My test
Continue readingA spider being conspicuously indifferent to cricket
Ged writes: This plucky fellow was observed in the Lower Compton Stand at Lord’s, very close to the historic concrete
Continue readingCambridge University v Arabs match report
Edwardian writes: I arrived at Fenner’s just after start of play and exchanged a ‘hello’ with an Arab in a
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